In the Solent:
The Nimrod
visited by Royal Party: Her Majesty Queen Alexandra presents a Union
Jack to
the Commander of the Expedition Torquay, August 6: Nimrod
arrives: August 7, The Nimrod
sails for Lyttelton, via St. Vincent and Cape Town: Arrival at
Lyttelton, November
23, 1907 COWES, Aug. 4

THEIR Majesties
King Edward and
Queen Alexandra, their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales, the
Princess
Victoria, Prince Edward and the Duke of Connaught, came on board and
inspected
the Nimrod, an honour which was
greatly appreciated by the members of the expedition.

The royal party
showed much interest
in some of the equipment for the southern journey. The picture shows
His
Majesty the King examining the sledges, &c.

Her Majesty
Queen Alexandra
graciously entrusted me with a Union Jack to be carried on the southern
journey;
His Majesty King Edward graciously conferred on me the Victorian Order.

The Nimrod sailed for Torquay early on the
following morning, and
arrived there on August 6. We drank success to the expedition at a
farewell dinner
that evening, and on the morning of Wednesday, August 7, the ship
sailed for
New Zealand, and after calling at St. Vincent and Capetown, arrived at
Lyttelton on November 23, the voyage having occupied three months and a
half.
Mr. Reid reached Australian waters a month ahead of the Nimrod,
in order to make the necessary arrangements and meet the
Manchurian ponies, and I arrived early in December to arrange for
leaving
Lyttelton on January 1, 1908.

THEIR
MAJESTIES KING EDWARD AND
QUEEN ALEXANDRA INSPECTING THE EQUIPMENT ON THE "NIMROD"
AT COWES